Win: Hooks Dennis (6-11) Loss: Ed Williams (6-8)
Save: Ed Ruebel (9)
Inning: 1 Cleveland Ed Williams pitching. Rick Dinges grounds out to the shortstop. Sid Allen flies out to the center fielder. Jack LaForest lines out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 1 Boston Hooks Dennis pitching. Rick Bird singles to left field. Rick Bird is out trying to steal second (2B covering 2nd). Jerry Meche flies out to the center fielder. Jimmy Albrecht flies out to the left fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 2 Cleveland Neal Burns grounds out to the pitcher. Jimmy Polcovich hits a home run. Jim Saenz grounds out to the shortstop. John Hall grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 2 Boston Barry Splittorff strikes out. Orval McCahan grounds out to the third baseman. Ed Dodd flies out to the center fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 3 Cleveland Verle Wooten flies out to the right fielder. Hooks Dennis grounds out to the shortstop. Rick Dinges grounds out to the pitcher - great play by the pitcher to prevent a single! Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 3 Boston Rick Simon grounds out to the second baseman. Ed Bongiovanni lines out to the shortstop. Ed Williams strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 4 Cleveland Sid Allen hits an infield single to the second baseman. Jack LaForest walks. Neal Burns lines out to the third baseman. Jimmy Polcovich grounds into a force play to the shortstop - great play by the shortstop to prevent a single! Jack LaForest is out at second base with the second baseman covering the bag. Jim Saenz doubles to right field. Sid Allen scores. John Hall flies out to the center fielder. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 4 Boston Rick Bird grounds out to the second baseman. Jerry Meche flies out to the right fielder. Jimmy Albrecht grounds out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 5 Cleveland Verle Wooten grounds out to the pitcher. Hooks Dennis grounds out to the pitcher. Rick Dinges reached on a 2-base fielding error by Rick Bird. Sid Allen strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 5 Boston Barry Splittorff grounds out to the second baseman. Orval McCahan walks. Ed Dodd flies out to the left fielder. Rick Simon strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 6 Cleveland Jack LaForest flies out to the right fielder. Neal Burns walks. Jimmy Polcovich singles to left field. Jim Saenz lines out to the first baseman. John Hall grounds out to the pitcher. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 6 Boston Ed Bongiovanni strikes out. Ed Williams grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Rick Bird singles to center field. Rick Bird steals second. Jerry Meche strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 7 Cleveland Verle Wooten grounds out to the third baseman. Hooks Dennis grounds out to the pitcher - great play by the pitcher to prevent a single! Rick Dinges grounds out to the third baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 7 Boston Jimmy Albrecht strikes out. Barry Splittorff flies out to the center fielder. Orval McCahan strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 8 Cleveland Sid Allen flies out to the left fielder. Jack LaForest singles to right field. Neal Burns grounds out to the third baseman. Jack LaForest advances to second on the play. Ichiro Tamura comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Pitcher is being pulled because of the certain circumstances stamina rule which states SP should be immediately pulled when tired and a runner is on at least 2nd. Jimmy Polcovich doubles past the center fielder. Jack LaForest scores. Jim Saenz grounds out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 8 Boston Ed Dodd grounds out to the shortstop. Bob Baumgartner is pinch hitting for Rick Simon. Bob Baumgartner singles to left field. Ed Bongiovanni pops out to the second baseman. Tony Zosky is pinch hitting for Ichiro Tamura. Pinch hitting for the relief pitcher because it is in or after the 8 inning. Tony Zosky flies out to the center fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 9 Cleveland Troy Cobb pitching. Tom Curd enters the game as a defensive replacement for Bob Baumgartner at CF. John Hall singles past the first baseman. Verle Wooten strikes out. Mike Long is pinch hitting for Hooks Dennis. Pitcher will be pulled in the next inning, will pinch hit for now. Pitcher is being pulled because of save situation rule. Mike Long flies out to the left fielder. Rick Dinges grounds into a force play to the shortstop. John Hall is out at second base with the second baseman covering the bag. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 9 Boston Ed Ruebel pitching. Rick Bird grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Jerry Meche pops out to the shortstop. Jimmy Albrecht walks. Barry Splittorff flies out to the left fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Cleveland total runners LOB: 7 Boston total runners LOB: 4
Cleveland Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: B- RP Mentor Grade: C+ Batter Mentor Grade: C+ Improvements: Carl Reyes did not respond to coaching in control George Hughes improves in contact_vs_lefty Dick Harris did not respond to coaching in speed Ed Jay did not respond to coaching in arm Jimmy Leard did not respond to coaching in 1B
Boston Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: D+ RP Mentor Grade: C+ Batter Mentor Grade: C+ Improvements: Paul Bradley improves in contact_vs_righty Barney Mills did not respond to coaching in speed Marty Mack improves in contact_vs_lefty Bill Thorpe did not respond to coaching in speed